Title 67 — Title 67 SPORTS AND RECREATION—CONVENTION FACILITIES
13 chapters · 214 sections in this title.
RCW 67.70.010 Definitions.
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For the purposes of this chapter:(1) "Commission" means the state lottery commission established by this chapter;(2) "Director" means the director of the state lottery established by this chapter;(3) "Lottery" or "state lottery" means the lottery established and operated pursuant…
RCW 67.70.030 State lottery commission created—Membership—Terms—Vacancies—Chair—Quorum.
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There is created the state lottery commission to consist of five members appointed by the governor with the consent of the senate. Of the initial members, one shall serve a term of two years, one shall serve a term of three years, one shall serve a term of four years, one shall s…
RCW 67.70.040 Powers and duties of commission—When legislative approval required.
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The commission shall have the power, and it shall be its duty:(1) To adopt rules governing the establishment and operation of a state lottery as it deems necessary and desirable in order that such a lottery be initiated at the earliest feasible and practicable time, and in order …
RCW 67.70.042 Scratch games—Baseball stadium construction.
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The lottery commission shall conduct at least two but not more than four scratch games with sports themes per year. These games are intended to generate additional moneys sufficient to cover the distributions under *RCW 67.70.240(4).[ 1997 c 220 s 207 (Referendum Bill No. 48, app…
RCW 67.70.043 New games—Stadium and exhibition center bonds, operation, and development—Youth athletic facilities.
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The lottery commission shall conduct new games that are in addition to any games conducted under RCW 67.70.042 and are intended to generate additional moneys sufficient to cover the distributions under *RCW 67.70.240(5). No game may be conducted under this section before January …
RCW 67.70.044 Shared game lottery.
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(1) Pursuant to RCW 67.70.040(1)(a), the commission may enter into the multistate agreement establishing a shared game lottery known as "The Big Game," that was entered into by party state lotteries in August 1996 and subsequently amended and a shared game lottery known as "Power…
RCW 67.70.050 Office of director created—Appointment—Salary—Duties.
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There is created the office of director of the state lottery. The director shall be appointed by the governor with the consent of the senate. The director shall serve at the pleasure of the governor and shall receive such salary as is determined by the governor, but in no case ma…
RCW 67.70.055 Activities prohibited to officers, employees, and members.
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The director, deputy directors, any assistant directors, and employees of the state lottery and members of the lottery commission shall not:(1) Serve as an officer or manager of any corporation or organization which conducts a lottery or gambling activity;(2) Receive or share in,…
RCW 67.70.060 Powers of director.
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(1) The director or the director's authorized representative may:(a) Make necessary public or private investigations within or outside of this state to determine whether any person has violated or is about to violate this chapter or any rule or order hereunder, or to aid in the e…
RCW 67.70.070 Licenses for lottery sales agents—Factors—"Person" defined.
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No license as an agent to sell lottery tickets or shares may be issued to any person to engage in business exclusively as a lottery sales agent. Before issuing a license, the director shall consider such factors as: (1) The financial responsibility and security of the person and …
RCW 67.70.080 License as authority to act.
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Any person licensed as provided in this chapter is hereby authorized and empowered to act as a lottery sales agent.[ 1982 2nd ex.s. c 7 s 8.]
RCW 67.70.090 Denial, suspension, and revocation of licenses.
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The director may deny an application for, or suspend or revoke, after notice and hearing, any license issued pursuant to this chapter. Such license may, however, be temporarily suspended by the director without prior notice, pending any prosecution, investigation, or hearing. A l…
RCW 67.70.100 Assignment of rights prohibited—Exceptions—Notices—Assignment of payment of remainder of an annuity—Intervention—Limitation on payment by director—Rules—Recovery of costs of commission—Federal ruling required—Discharge of liability.
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(1) Except under subsection (2) of this section, no right of any person to a prize drawn is assignable, except that payment of any prize drawn may be paid to the estate of a deceased prize winner, and except that any person pursuant to an appropriate judicial order may be paid th…
RCW 67.70.110 Maximum price of ticket or share limited—Sale by other than licensed agent prohibited.
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A person shall not sell a ticket or share at a price greater than that fixed by rule of the commission. No person other than a licensed lottery sales agent shall sell lottery tickets, except that nothing in this section prevents any person from giving lottery tickets or shares to…
RCW 67.70.120 Sale to minor prohibited—Exception—Penalties.
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(1) A ticket or share shall not be sold to any person under the age of eighteen, but this shall not be deemed to prohibit the purchase of a ticket or share for the purpose of making a gift by a person eighteen years of age or older to a person less than that age.(2) Any licensee …
RCW 67.70.125 Use of public assistance electronic benefit cards prohibited—Licensee to report violations.
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(1) Any licensee authorized under this chapter is prohibited from allowing the use of public assistance electronic benefit cards to purchase lottery tickets or shares authorized under this chapter.(2) Any licensee authorized under this chapter shall report to the department of so…
RCW 67.70.130 Prohibited acts—Penalty.
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(1) A person shall not alter or forge a lottery ticket. A person shall not claim a lottery prize or share of a lottery prize by means of fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation. A person shall not conspire, aid, abet, or agree to aid another person or persons to claim a lottery prize…
RCW 67.70.140 Penalty for unlicensed activity.
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(1) Any person who conducts any activity for which a license is required by this chapter, or by rule of the commission, without the required license, is guilty of a class B felony punishable according to chapter 9A.20 RCW.(2) If any corporation conducts any activity for which a l…
RCW 67.70.150 Penalty for false or misleading statement or entry or failure to produce documents.
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Whoever, in any application for a license or in any book or record required to be maintained or in any report required to be submitted, makes any false or misleading statement, or makes any false or misleading entry or wilfully fails to maintain or make any entry required to be m…
RCW 67.70.160 Penalty for violation of chapter—Exceptions.
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Any person who violates any provision of this chapter for which no penalty is otherwise provided, or knowingly causes, aids, abets, or conspires with another to cause any person to violate any provision of this chapter is guilty of a class C felony, except where other penalties a…
RCW 67.70.170 Penalty for violation of rules—Exceptions.
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Any person who violates any rule adopted pursuant to this chapter for which no penalty is otherwise provided, or knowingly causes, aids, abets, or conspires with another to cause any person to violate any rule adopted pursuant to this chapter is guilty of a gross misdemeanor, exc…
RCW 67.70.180 Persons prohibited from purchasing tickets or shares or receiving prizes—Penalty.
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A ticket or share shall not be purchased by, and a prize shall not be paid to any member of the commission, the director, or an employee of the lottery or to any spouse, child, brother, sister, or parent residing as a member of the same household in the principal place of abode o…
RCW 67.70.190 Unclaimed prizes.
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Unclaimed prizes shall be retained in the state lottery account for the person entitled thereto for one hundred eighty days after the drawing in which the prize is won, or after the official end of the game for instant prizes. If no claim is made for the prize within this time, a…
RCW 67.70.200 Deposit of moneys received by agents from sales—Power of director—Reports.
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The director, in his or her discretion, may require any or all lottery sales agents to deposit to the credit of the state lottery account in banks designated by the state treasurer, all moneys received by such agents from the sale of lottery tickets or shares, less the amount, if…
RCW 67.70.210 Other law inapplicable to sale of tickets or shares.
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No other law, including chapter 9.46 RCW, providing any penalty or disability for the sale of lottery tickets or any acts done in connection with a lottery applies to the sale of tickets or shares performed pursuant to this chapter.[ 1982 2nd ex.s. c 7 s 21.]
RCW 67.70.220 Payment of prizes to minor.
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If the person entitled to a prize is under the age of eighteen years, and such prize is less than five thousand dollars, the director may direct payment of the prize by delivery to an adult member of the minor's family or a guardian of the minor of a check or draft payable to the…
RCW 67.70.230 State lottery account created.
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There is hereby created and established a separate account, to be known as the state lottery account. Such account shall be managed, maintained, and controlled by the commission and shall consist of all revenues received from the sale of lottery tickets or shares, and all other m…
RCW 67.70.240 Use of moneys in state lottery account limited.
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(1) The moneys in the state lottery account may be used only:(a) For the payment of prizes to the holders of winning lottery tickets or shares;(b) For purposes of making deposits into the reserve account created by RCW 67.70.250 and into the lottery administrative account created…
RCW 67.70.241 Promotion of lottery by person or entity responsible for operating stadium and exhibition center—Commission approval—Cessation of obligation.
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The person or entity responsible for operating a stadium and exhibition center as defined in RCW 36.102.010 shall promote the lottery with any combination of in-kind advertising, sponsorship, or prize promotions, valued at one million dollars annually beginning January 1998 and i…
RCW 67.70.250 Methods for payment of prizes by installments.
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If the director decides to pay any portion of or all of the prizes in the form of installments over a period of years, the director shall provide for the payment of all such installments for any specific lottery game by one, but not both, of the following methods:(1) The director…
RCW 67.70.255 Debts owed to state agency or political subdivision—Debt information to lottery commission—Prize set off against debts.
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(1) Any state agency or political subdivision that maintains records of debts owed to the state or political subdivision, or that the state is authorized to enforce or collect, may submit data processing tapes containing debt information to the lottery in a format specified by th…
RCW 67.70.260 Lottery administrative account created.
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There is hereby created the lottery administrative account in the state treasury. The account shall be managed, controlled, and maintained by the director. The legislature may appropriate from the account for the payment of costs incurred in the operation and administration of th…
RCW 67.70.270 Members of commission—Compensation—Travel expenses.
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Each member of the commission shall be compensated in accordance with RCW 43.03.250 and shall be reimbursed for actual necessary traveling and other expenses in going to, attending, and returning from meetings of the commission and actual and necessary traveling and other expense…
RCW 67.70.280 Application of administrative procedure act.
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The provisions of the administrative procedure act, chapter 34.05 RCW, shall apply to administrative actions taken by the commission or the director pursuant to this chapter.[ 1982 2nd ex.s. c 7 s 28.]
RCW 67.70.290 Postaudits by state auditor.
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The state auditor shall conduct an annual postaudit of all accounts and transactions of the lottery and such other special postaudits as he or she may be directed to conduct pursuant to chapter 43.09 RCW.[ 2012 c 117 s 310; 1982 2nd ex.s. c 7 s 29.]
RCW 67.70.300 Investigations by attorney general authorized.
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The attorney general may investigate violations of this chapter, and of the criminal laws within this state, by the commission, the director, or the director's employees, licensees, or agents, in the manner prescribed for criminal investigations in RCW 43.10.090.[ 1987 c 511 s 13…
RCW 67.70.310 Management review by director of financial management.
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The director of financial management may conduct a management review of the commission's lottery operations to assure that:(1) The manner and time of payment of prizes to the holder of winning tickets or shares is consistent with this chapter and the rules adopted under this chap…
RCW 67.70.320 Verification by certified public accountant.
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The director of financial management shall select a certified public accountant to verify that:(1) The manner of selecting the winning tickets or shares is consistent with this chapter; and(2) The manner and time of payment of prizes to the holder of winning tickets or shares is …
RCW 67.70.330 Enforcement powers of director—Office of the director designated law enforcement agency.
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The director shall have the power to enforce this chapter and the penal laws of this state relating to the conduct of or participation in lottery activities and the manufacturing, importation, transportation, distribution, possession, and sale of equipment or paraphernalia used o…
RCW 67.70.340 Transfer of shared game lottery proceeds.
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(1) The legislature recognizes that creating a shared game lottery could result in less revenue being raised by the existing state lottery ticket sales. The legislature further recognizes that the fund most impacted by this potential event is the Washington opportunity pathways a…
RCW 67.70.360 Marketing lottery as contributor to opportunity pathways—Strategy and implementation.
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In consultation with independent experts and in collaboration with the *higher education coordinating board, the state lottery commission shall upon July 13, 2010, develop and begin implementation of a strategy and plan for actively marketing the state lottery as an essential con…
RCW 67.70.902 Construction—1982 2nd ex.s. c 7.
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This act shall be liberally construed to carry out the purposes and policies of the act.[ 1982 2nd ex.s. c 7 s 35.]
RCW 67.70.905 Effective date—1985 c 375.
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This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, and safety, the support of the state government and its existing public institutions and shall take effect March 1, 1985.[ 1985 c 375 s 10.]Notes:Reviser's note: 1985 c 375 was signed by the governo…
RCW 67.70.906 Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.
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For the purposes of this chapter, the terms spouse, marriage, marital, husband, wife, widow, widower, next of kin, and family shall be interpreted as applying equally to state registered domestic partnerships or individuals in state registered domestic partnerships as well as to …